The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-08-21
GOSSIP ABOUT THE BOXERS.
GOOD LUCK TO SULLIVAN WHEN HH
GOES ACROSS THE SEA.

| esr Mim,eiG-A Word About Keiicshcr-
Bold Nolau-Bouncc OF tho NJ. doe KID.
II Is now announced that John l.. Sullivan
will positively sail for England early In Sop
| TENDER, first giving n farewell exhibition fora
favorite charitable institution In lankoelnnd.
Should he sail and land In Britain in due time
he ia likely to make II lively there In pugilisto
circles. 1t was Pat shecdys original intention
| to announce on arriving on Albion's shore that
Sullivan's mission was ono OF peaco and not Of
| war-that he intended sparring and not Hight.
| ing. When this programme was made public
| l pointed cut that IL would not be SUCCESSFUL
that tho English, having heard so much
| OF sullivans wonderful flstic powers,
would never rest content until they had
| seen for themselves whether or not they were
| as great as had been represented. Birds who
can sing but won't. ind little favor In the tight
| little isle. They have way OF stimulating
| tho vocal powers OF such bipeds that seldom
| fails to work. and felt sure they would find Q
way Of making John pull of the mitts and
| showing what he can do with the raw onca
| Circumstances hnvo changed Mr.. Sheedya
| programme, and now tho thing for him to do
| upon arriving in the British metropolis Is to
announce that Sullivan is with him for the
| twofold purpose OF challenging the winner Of
the Kilrain. smith fight and Of making spar.
English will take kindly to bird who has
sung and is willing to sing again. but un.
With Bsao Bil oW Whereby he can 30
as q. specimen OF the products OF the Cuitti.
Ssorsnes q s Se Wild NJ Mes1 Goub he
ind his trip as lucrative AS as he hopes sHs
pointed out more than once, but he seems de-
terminod on going, 80 good luck go with him.
reputation than when he sailed. .v..,
Joe Lennon seems to have lost his o relish ish Tor
| wit gloves,
thut as much execution can be done with them en-
/. sGss Niss
Of the by Ehng sS an absolute ts
Tho
shads too good Tor him: therefore no prefers /.
70 hi" drht to finish With bare knucks. suiii-
van. who is as epigrammatic as he Is POWERFUL
"a. se lad him With him ons to know
.spss what hS e. bstt.
rank 1I IN the pugiiistic world, and his manager:
Of the nSHr pgst This looks ts
hsssns rG IN Am his TO-
reports q ratsy Mb ss IT, bs san
would be glad to set a crack at Nj. Cardiff and
| perhaps It is the knowledge OF this fact that
Denny Kellegher OF Philadelphia ana Johnny
Frank we Heard to .eep With one bunch and
Cub thestre il Philadelphia about three years
ase He could mover be INDUCED to face Hear arid
n their Bout it was plain to mo ut the time that
in 8 genuine nsht the man from Peoria would
o9s q i9: Tss sstss hsas
biz, he Is as soft as bubbsr. and he needs M, no
one to tell him when he has hold OF the hot END
| ~ nix circumstances
will quit like . steer: Let him. however. have
shade the best Of and ID he is as bs valiant
Gaon in eaas So It T9ga b bot
nude him bolt from the ring
forted because Jake lI!rain disappoipted him.
bss % Gasn q stands had Kira
old as what b
He doesn't take kindly to the sag
ssoPb 1t that NJ 'at hat ehaF ace VIII
ss}si him. msl. and Hsady + Iii An.
in u it led hin him to believe him inferior. to
to w .Sew e 9sa S that Sss So os
. e, RI 5m ~sS Win Il ssd a sds e.
either with gloves Or bare knucklcss Here Is 9
chance for some Of the big ones | know TINT
friends viii bet heavily on his ability to defeat
any man in the country bar Sullivan.
Ryan tight, by the way. which leads many to
think that perhnps It is 2 contest more In
the pugiIistic POPULATIONS OF tho men con:
eeTned. Il t end ssl; in draw there will be good
e' The ,o retirement ' 81 Dill Bradburn has been
taken advantage Of by Lem MEG egory 10 OK, OK:
sraa a. nar ana "a 10 have had @
The best Of the encoun'sr albeit the referee d.
cided against HIM Ihnt Inc 81 s, SIn hia Z.
pnE;t No boasts Of his achievements in
nothing PIT Of them. Mo fooshly engaged to
meet an eomers ono nigh, It, for We, in
defeated his first man. but he was worsted in
ali his other contests. and he was SO sore and
to to the the manager and begged him OIL. on
the. ground that it was u pity to
those who saN him ,taskls the rhilia ss
er S ha no he ss aa
willing youngster who could probably outlast
any man he met in fght 70 finish 6ut that
boast that on his return visit TO Philadelrhis,
shns IN pnbl fsf {hers by breskns tho q
one, Of his sntasoni,t.; !. in bad taste, During
gone Hy and yet he beste idva ,s Kid ID,
show 81 McGregory in friendly
bout. That it was friendly was wholly due
to the fact that the Kid couldn't hit Clark once
in twenty offers. whereas Johnny could land on
him every time he mnde pass mt him; The
man Collins, whose nose McGroGory broke,
never had glove on his hand before tho might
he met the Kid. He was impecunious. and
Denny Butler kidded him into putting them on
for II 81 bill, assuring him TINT the Kid would
not hurt him. At tho timo II was believed that
the breaking Tns 1MrslGenially d9n e Had
po.ely, I am sure tho Kid would have left the
hal that night well warmed by indignant boot
toes. Lemuel, when you boast again, make no
reference 10 your Philadelphia achievements.
RIn Hinninna nm IN, Track.